Re: [OffTopic] OSS word processor projects?

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@wireco.net>]

Daniel Mashao wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >       I know about PW (Pathetic Writer which is part of SIAG) and
> > AbiWord (a GTK project), but I'm curious to know if there are any
> > other WP projects in existence out there, especially if one of the
> > goals is being able to read and write MS Word files.
> StarOffice is the closest you will get to MS look and feel. And then there
> is another editir that can read MS RTF format perfectly, I forgot its name
> now. You could also get the free WordPerfect and see if it can translate
> for you, there is also some Word to * translators.


	Yes, WordPerfect is very nice.  Unfortunely, neither SO nor WP
are "free" in the opensource sense, but it was WP that got me to
wondering if there was a serious OSS word processor project out
there somewhere.


-- 
Ed C.